臨月

See also: 临月

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	moon; month
trad. (臨月)		臨	月
simp. (临月)		临	月

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línyuè → línyue (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩㄝˋ → ㄌㄧㄣˊ ˙ㄩㄝ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línyue̊
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-yüeh⁵
    • Yale: lín-ywe
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin.yueh
    • Palladius: линьюэ (linʹjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/ → /lin³⁵ ɥɛ³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ jyut⁶
    • Yale: làhm yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ jyːt̚²/

Verb

臨月

1. to be about to give birth; to be parturient; to be in labor

Synonyms

• 臨產／临产 (línchǎn)
• 臨盆／临盆 (línpén)
• 臨蓐／临蓐 (línrù)
• (Hokkien) 坐盆
• (Teochew) 落月

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línyuè
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: lín-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linyueh
    • Palladius: линьюэ (linʹjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ jyut⁶
    • Yale: làhm yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ jyːt̚²/

Noun

臨月

1. the month of pregnancy when childbirth is expected

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 順月／顺月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臨	月
りん Grade: 6	げつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲĩŋɡe̞t͡sɨ]
• (Tokyo) りんげつ [ríꜜǹgètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

臨(りん)月(げつ) • (ringetsu) 

1. the month of pregnancy when childbirth is expected

   Synonym: 産み月 (umizuki)

Further reading

• “臨月”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026